In this subchapter:
(2) “Commissioner” means the commissioner of state health services.
(3) “Department” means the Department of State Health Services.
(3-a) “Executive commissioner” means the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission.
(4) “Hospital” includes a public health center, a general hospital, or a tuberculosis, mental, chronic disease, or other type of hospital, and related facilities such as a laboratory, outpatient department, nurses’ home and training facility, or central service facility operated in connection with a hospital.
(5) “Public health center” means a publicly owned facility for providing public health services and includes related facilities such as a laboratory, clinic, or administrative office operated in connection with a facility for providing public health services.